Thursday, September 24, 2009

Tulia Texas: An Account of a miscarriage of justice


Tulia Texas. [DVD-1609]. 54 min. 2008.


"Through its scrupulous investigation of a landmark case, Tulia, Texas uncovers the deep-rooted assumptions about race and crime that still permeate our society and undermines our justice system. The film convincingly shows how the 'war on drugs' has become a war on due process, waged against African Americans. Today America has the largest prison population in the world; in some states as much as 15 percent of the black male population is incarcerated. Tulia, Texas shows one reason why."--www.newsreel.org

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